Timeline
8 events from 2005 to 2026, across founded, company, earnings figures, our listing and listing changes.
What this shows
Everything dated we know about Amazon Mechanical Turk on one time axis, one lane per kind of event: company milestones from Wikidata, press and awards with their years, sourced earnings figures by their as-of date, and every change to this listing. Toggle lanes to focus; hover a dot for the detail.
How it is calculated
site_timeline() plus the public change log. Founding year is our verified one (Wikidata adds founders when the years agree). Press items and awards are placed by the year in their title. Earnings figures use their as-of date. Listing changes are logged automatically whenever a tracked field (fees, payouts, availability, status and so on) is edited. Dates with only a year are placed at the start of that year.
Data table 8 rows
| Date | Kind | Event | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Founded | Amazon Mechanical Turk founded | Headquarters today: Seattle, Washington, United States | |
| 2018 | Earnings figures | $2/hr median | Median hourly wage of about $2 among 2,676 MTurk workers doing 3.8 million tasks, per a peer-reviewed CHI 2018 study (Hara et al.). | arxiv.org |
| 2018 | Earnings figures | 4% above $7.25/hr | In the same peer-reviewed CHI 2018 study, only 4% of MTurk workers earned more than the US federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. | arxiv.org |
| 2026-06 | Our listing | Added to the FreelanceSites.net directory | Checked against its official pages before listing. | |
| 2026-09-12 | Listing changes | Payout speed added | Scheduled transfers every 3, 7, 14 or 30 days | mturk.com |
| 2026-09-13 | Listing changes | Minimum payout added | No minimum, new workers have a 10-day hold before the first transfer | mturk.com |
| 2026-09-13 | Listing changes | Heads-up notice added | mturk.com | |
| 2026-09-30 | Company | Shut down | wikidata.org |